Sporting News College Football Player of the Year
Beginning in 1942 The Sporting News, now known as Sporting News, awarded the top collegiate football player its own award.[1] The publication picked players that often were not seriously considered by the Downtown Athletic Club, who voted on the Heisman Trophy, such as underclassman or defensive players.
Winners
Year | Winner | School |
1942 | Sinkwich, FrankFrank Sinkwich | Georgia |
1943 | Bertelli, AngeloAngelo Bertelli | Notre Dame |
1944 | Horvath, LesLes Horvath | Ohio State |
1945 | Blanchard, DocDoc Blanchard | Army |
1946 | Davis, GlennGlenn Davis | Army |
1947 | Lujack, JohnJohn Lujack | Notre Dame |
1948 | Walker, DoakDoak Walker | SMU |
1949 | Hart, LeonLeon Hart | Notre Dame |
1950 | Janowicz, VicVic Janowicz | Ohio State |
1951 | Kazmaier, DickDick Kazmaier | Princeton |
1952 | Vessels, BillyBilly Vessels | Oklahoma |
1953 | Lattner, JohnJohn Lattner | Notre Dame |
1954 | Cassady, HowardHoward Cassady | Ohio State |
1955 | Cassady, HowardHoward Cassady | Ohio State |
1956 | Tommy McDonald | Oklahoma |
1957 | John David Crow | Texas A&M |
1958 | Billy Cannon | LSU |
1959 | Billy Cannon | LSU |
1960 | Joe Bellino | Navy |
1961 | Bob Ferguson | Ohio State |
1962 | Terry Baker | Oregon State |
1963 | Roger Staubach | Navy |
1964 | Dick Butkus | Illinois |
1965 | Donny Anderson | Texas Tech |
1965 | Jim Grabowski | Illinois |
1966 | Steve Spurrier | Florida |
1967 | Gary Beban | UCLA |
1968 | O.J. Simpson | USC |
1969 | Steve Owens | Oklahoma |
1970 | Jim Plunkett | Stanford |
1971 | Ed Marinaro | Cornell |
1971 | Pat Sullivan | Auburn |
1972 | Bert Jones | LSU |
1973 | John Hicks | Ohio State |
1974 | Archie Griffin | Ohio State |
1975 | Archie Griffin | Ohio State |
1976 | Tony Dorsett | Pittsburgh |
1977 | Earl Campbell | Texas |
1978 | Billy Sims | Oklahoma |
1979 | Charles White | Southern California |
1980 | Hugh Green | Pittsburgh |
1981 | Marcus Allen | Southern California |
1982 | Herschel Walker | Georgia |
1983 | Mike Rozier | Nebraska |
1984 | Doug Flutie | Boston College |
1985 | Bo Jackson | Auburn |
1986 | Vinny Testaverde | Miami (Fla.) |
1987 | Tim Brown | Notre Dame |
1988 | Barry Sanders | Oklahoma State |
1989 | Darian Hagan | Colorado |
1990 | Raghib Ismail | Notre Dame |
1991 | Desmond Howard | Michigan |
1992 | Marvin Jones | Florida State |
1993 | Charlie Ward | Florida State |
1994 | Rashaan Salaam | Colorado |
1995 | Tommy Frazier | Nebraska |
1996 | Danny Wuerffel | Florida |
1997 | Charles Woodson | Michigan |
1998 | Ricky Williams | Texas |
1999 | Ron Dayne | Wisconsin |
2000 | Chris Weinke | Florida State |
2001 | Eric Crouch | Nebraska |
2002 | Carson Palmer | USC |
2003 | Jason White | Oklahoma |
2004 | Alex Smith | Utah |
2005 | Reggie Bush | USC |
2006 | Troy Smith | Ohio State |
2007 | Tebow, TimTim Tebow | Florida |
2008 | Harrell, GrahamGraham Harrell | Texas Tech |
2008 | Bradford, SamSam Bradford | Oklahoma |
2008 | McCoy, ColtColt McCoy | Texas |
2009 | Ingram, MarkMark Ingram | Alabama |
2010 | Newton, CamCam Newton | Auburn |
2011 | Griffin III, RobertRobert Griffin III | Baylor |
2012 | Manziel, JohnnyJohnny Manziel | Texas A&M |
2013 | Winston, JameisJameis Winston | Florida State |
2014 | Mariota, MarcusMarcus Mariota | Oregon |
2015 | Mayfield, BakerBaker Mayfield | Oklahoma |
Winners by school
See also
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